FRANKFURT: The eurozone financial stability outlook remains fragile as tighter financing conditions, high inflation and geopolitical tensions weigh on the single currency area, the European Central Bank warned Wednesday.

KUWAIT, Nov 22 (KUNA) -- The exchange rate of the US dollar on Wednesday rose by 0.05 percent to KD 0.308, while the Euro dropped by 0.43 percent to KD 0.336, compared to Tuesday's rates.

PARIS: The hole in the Antarctic ozone layer has been getting deeper in mid-spring over the last two decades, despite a global ban on chemicals that deplete Earth’s shield from deadly solar radiation, new research suggested on Tuesday.

SAN FRANCISCO: OpenAI has gone from ruling the world of artificial intelligence with ChatGPT to chaos, its chief executive ousted seemingly for advancing too fast and too far with the risky technology.

BERLIN: The African Union defended past investments from China that have drawn criticism for saddling poor countries with huge debts while calling for “positive competition” from Europe.

PARIS: Delegates openly affiliated with oil, gas and coal firms have attended the UN climate talks to address the escalating global impacts of human-induced climate change at least 7,200 times over the last 20 years, a coalition of NGOs said Tuesday.

FRANKFURT: The German government has frozen future spending pledges across almost its whole budget for the rest of 2023, a finance ministry source said Tuesday, after a court ruling blew a massive hole in its finances.

AMSTERDAM: Living in a 20-square-metre (215-square-foot) container house project on an old sports ground north of Amsterdam, 26-year-old Youri Hermes considers himself lucky: at least he has a roof over his head.

KUWAIT: KIPCO – Kuwait Projects Company (Holding) – announced that its subsidiary, OSN, has reached a deal to combine its premium content streaming platform in the region, OSN+, with Anghami Inc, the region’s leading music and entertainment streaming platform.